Meth from Myanmar’s northeastern Shan state is smuggled by boats to avoid tighter patrols on land routes through China and Thailand. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK – Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle methamphetamines out of Myanmar and ramping up ketamine production as they seek to expand their business, the United Nations said Friday.
“Traffickers have continued to ship large volumes through Laos and northern Thailand, but at the same time they have pushed significant supply through central Myanmar to the Andaman Sea where it seems few were looking,” UNODC regional representative Jeremy Douglas said.Health experts say use of the drug can lead to paranoia, hallucinations and violent behaviour and those withdrawing can experience psychosis.
Researchers also pointed to evidence that drug smuggling networks are looking to diversify what they sell.
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